Joseph Grim Feinberg – Literature Freed from Relevance? On Writing after Politics in Eastern Europe

Name: Joseph Grim Feinberg – Literature Freed from Relevance? On Writing after Politics in Eastern Europe
Start: 2026-02-10T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-02-10T17:30:00+01:00
Location: Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR

Schedule

Tue Feb 10 2026 at 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR | Prague, PR

Soubor přednášek věnovaný nejnovějším dějinám středoevropských literatur ve filozofických kontextech uzavře příspěvek Josepha Grima Feinberga (Filosofický ústav AV ČR) nazvaný "Literature Freed from Relevance? On Writing after Politics in Eastern Europe and the United States".
Přednášku v angličtině můžete vyslechnout 10. února 2026 od 16 h v dolním sále Ústavu pro českou literaturu AV ČR (NA Florenci 1420/3, Praha 1), vstup je zdarma a bez registrace.
Anotace:
In this lecture, Joe Grim Feinberg will compare the state of literature in the postwar United States and post-Communist Eastern Europe, observing that the temptation of “freeing” literature from political engagement resulted in a general decline of social interest in literature. While literary craft grew increasingly refined, fewer works were seen by the public as great work. Might it be that great literature (literature seen by the public as “great”) is not the result of high skill, but rather of flawed craft that engages imperfectly but strikingly with its political moment?